GHANA RANKED SECOND MOST PEACEFUL NATION IN AFRICA
According to the 2022 Global Peace Index, Ghana is once again placed as the second-most peaceful nation in Sub-Saharan Africa (GPI). The Gambia, Botswana, and the remaining 39 African nations…
DIGITISATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of Ghana has stressed his belief in the unchanging role of technology in the transformation of economies in the 21st Century. He stated that…
DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party, Gabby Otchere Darko, has stated that it’s the prerogative of the president to reshuffle his ministers. He said the president is not…
WHEN OUR CAREGIVERS BECOME OUR PREDATORS
The Ghana Health Service has data that indicates there were 875 maternal deaths overall in 2018 and 838 in 2019. The number declined to 776 in 2020. At the same…
WILL HE BE ANY BETTER?
The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has stated that the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, or Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremateng, will be the…
8 HIGH-PAYING JOBS IN GHANA THAT WILL AMAZE YOU
There’s a sweet feeling that comes with making good money from a job that you actually love doing. Nothing beats the feeling of having to spend money and not being…
MARBURG VIRUS: TWO CASES FROM THE ASHANTI REGION CONFIRMED BY THE GHS
Two cases of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) have been confirmed by the Ghana Health Service. On July 7, 2022, the Ashanti Region reported the first cases of the disease.…
POLITICAL VIGILANTISM IN GHANA: A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY
Ghana entered the Fourth Republic in 1993 after experiencing political instability for over two decades. A defining feature that has characterized the Fourth Republic of Ghana and marred Ghana’s democratic…
ANXIETY OF STUDENTS EASED WITH REPORTS OF ENDING STRIKE
The government has now resolved to pay a 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) to all public sector workers, which effect retrospectively on July 1, 2022, This decision comes off…
MAKING TAXES WORK: GOVERNMENT MUST SEAL ALL LOOPHOLES
Dr. Kwabena Donkor, a former minister under the erstwhile President Mahama, has urged the Akufo-Addo-led government to take steps to recover an amount of GHS650 million in petroleum taxes from…
AFFORDABLE HOMES – A DREAM OR REALITY FOR GHANAIANS?
A person’s happiness, lifestyle, self-esteem, and productivity may all be greatly impacted by housing, one of the most fundamental human requirements. Yet providing appropriate housing has proven to be a…
GHANA NEEDS TO WAKE UP FROM ITS AGRICULTURAL SLUMBER
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress and the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) have urged the government to direct part of the inflows…
DOES THE GOVERNMENT CARE ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF TEACHERS?
The second attempt at a meeting between the government and the striking teacher unions has failed. The administration requested that the teacher unions end their strike before negotiations began during…
AFRICA’S EMANCIPATION: GROW WHAT YOU EAT; EAT WHAT YOU GROW
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa (GMES & Africa) has urged Ghana and its neighbouring African countries on the continent to review their agriculture and food strategies…
RITUAL KILLINGS: A GROWING CONCERN AMIDST ECONOMIC CRISIS
Two people, found with a human head, have been arrested by the Hobor Police in the Ga South Municipality after an accident occurred with the vehicle, they were travelling in.…
GHANA REPORTS FIRST CASE OF MARBURG VIRUS
The first suspected Marburg virus disease cases have been reported in Ghana. It is a highly contagious viral hemorrhagic fever that is related to Ebola and has a death rate…
TECHNOLOGY: THE AFRICAN JOURNEY TO WORLD PROMINENCE
Technology is a key driver in the world today. This has become more palpable with the emergence of a global pandemic, COVID-19. There has been an acceleration in remote work…
PENSIONS: ARE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS REALLY SECURE?
David Tenkorang-Twum, the General Secretary for the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Association (GRNMA), has revealed that pension contributions for public sector workers are eight months in arrears. The government…
‘MEN IN UNIFORM’ GETTING SCARIER EACH PASSING DAY
This menace of police brutality in the country in recent times is becoming overwhelming and I am wondering what kind of police service we have in our country today. It…
TOILET FACILITY SAGA: ARE THE GODS TO BLAME?
Just when things seem to assume some form of normalcy, you suddenly hear of some bizarre event happening right under your nose. So apparently, residents of Ampabame No. 1 in…